Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | UnitEveryone Loves a Mystery: A Genre Study
Students track the elements of mystery stories through Directed Learning-Thinking Activities, story maps, and puzzles. Then they offer clues for other readers as they plan and write original mystery stories.

Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | UnitExploring and Sharing Family Stories
Writing gets personal when students interview family members in order to write a personal narrative about that person.